The Ranger's Blog

Post details: The Ranger on Gardeners' Question Time

The Ranger on Gardeners' Question Time

The Ranger has had a range of media experiences over the years - defeated on Blockbusters; captain of the losing team on Top of the Form; numerous appearances in the Isle of Wight County Press and more. But never before has he even approached the high level of media karma that can be bestowed by that Radio 4 behemoth, Gardeners' Question Time. Until now.

Cladanthus arabicus 'Golden Crown'

In a packed recording at Ventnor Winter Gardens The Ranger got to his feet and was lucky enough to be selected from the hosts of worthy real gardeners to ask a question to the assembled luminaries. If you want to hear it, you've got a week from 9 September 2007 to hear it on BBC 'Listen Again' - flick through to 22:15 if you want to skip to The Ranger. But soon enough that opportunity will evaporate, so here's a précis of the question and the very helpful answers given by the panel:

The Ranger:
I work for the Isle of Wight Council. We're removing many of our old municipal annuals and replacing them with sustainable planting. What plants could the panel suggest that will look great, need little watering and be vandal-proof?

Bob Flowerdew:
Mediterranean herbs, rosemary, sage; Claudanthus arabicus

Anne Swithinbank: St Swithin's Rose

Pippa Greenwood - herbaceous geraniums; sedums; houseleeks; agave

What a splendid evening it is attending a recording session for Gardeners' Question Time - it's strongly recommended as good free entertainment. And in this case by the magic of the internet you can even find out what The Ranger had for dinner afterwards...

Leave a comment

Posted on 9th September 2007 at 10 26 pm
by The Virtual Ranger
288 views

Categories: Naturenet website updates and news, Isle of Wight

Permalink

Comments:

No Comments for this post yet...

The thoughts and writings of The Virtual Ranger, since 1995 the host and mascot of Naturenet, the UK's most popular independent environmental website; along with interjections from his real-life alter ego, Matthew Chatfield, and others. Featuring not only Naturenet and countryside related stuff, but, as on Naturenet, plenty of other material - more or less at random - that takes The Ranger's fancy. But you can be confident that soon enough he'll be rather sarcastic.

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
<< <
		1	2	3	4	5
6	7	8	9	10	11	12
13	14	15	16	17	18	19
20	21	22	23	24	25	26
26	27	28	29	30	31

Post details: The Ranger on Gardeners' Question Time

The Ranger on Gardeners' Question Time

Comments: